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Daniel Murphy Signs a 3-Year/$37.5M Deal With the Nationals

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Jaypers

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Nationals To Sign Daniel Murphy
By Mark Polishuk | December 24, 2015 at 4:25pm CST

The Nationals have agreed to a three-year deal with second baseman Daniel Murphy, ESPN’s Jim Bowden reports (via Twitter). The deal will become official once Murphy passes a physical, as per FOX Sports’ Ken Rosenthal. Murphy is represented by the ACES agency.

Washington’s interest in Murphy was first reported by MLB.com’s Bill Ladson last week. The Nats have been looking for infield help for much of the winter, as they were finalists for Ben Zobrist’s services and also had discussions with the Reds about a Brandon Phillips trade.

Since Murphy rejected a qualifying offer from the Mets, New York will receive a compensation pick between the first and second rounds of the 2016 draft. The Nationals, in turn, will have to surrender their first-round pick (17th overall) the draft. It may end up being a relatively minor draft hit for Washington, however — with two QO free agents of their own, the Nats already received a compensation round pick back when Jordan Zimmermann signed with the Tigers and they could receive another if Ian Desmond signs elsewhere.
 
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For those wondering about the $.


Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal
Source: Murphy deal with #Nationals is three years, $37.5M. Again, pending physical.
 

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not overly happy with this. Instead of a crappy defense at SS with Desmond we now have Murphy at 2B. Murphy is a little better bat with less pop.

At this point i'm not overly optimistic about next season. Especially since theyre going after Scott Kazmir as well.
 

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